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Chinese New Year - 2008 Year of the RatThe Chinese year of the rat begins on 7th Feb 2008. This would be year 4706 in the Chinese calendar. As you may know, the Chinese years are divided into a twelve year cycle, 2008 is the year of the rat. The Chinese believe that people born in a particular year take on the characteristics of the animal associated with that year. 2008 Rats: Rats are devoted to their family. Hard-working and imaginative. Yes rats are always smart and go-getting. Zodiac: Another dimension of the Chinese zodiac is 5 elements, metal, water, wood, fire and earth. If the year ends in 0 it is Yang Metal. Together with the animals, the elements combine to give a 60 year cycle of Chinese years. Before 2008, the previous year to give the combination of Rat and Yang Earth was 1948. (子 戊 ) ∇Ox Tiger Hare Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey Rooster Dog
Pig Rat 1996 Year of the rat
Chinese Phrases搞笑清洁笑话 in China roughly translate into clean funny jokes. 干净免费笑话,故事图片、视频剪辑 means clean free jokes, stories pictures and video-clips Chinese Characters
A simple example of Chinese characters showing how the sun symbol can be modified with a line to mean dawn. §See here for 2007 - Year of the pig P.S. Please write to Will and Guy if you have any examples of Chinese New Year humor If you like this page then please share it with your friends
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